by Kevin Smith | Nov 21, 2022 | Faculty
It’s your key, your ID, even your money. Your Griff Pass (ID Card) is also your Griff Choice debit card. Griff Choice can be used throughout the entire year and is accepted at the bookstore, all Dine On Campus locations, printing and vending machines with Griff Pass readers, and off campus at participating locations. Purchases are subject to tax. Funds will carry over from year to year. You can add funds to your Griff Choice account online by clicking on GriffPass under Campus services in MyCanisius.
The Griff Choice Off-Campus Merchant Program is offered to all faculty/staff and enables participants to use funds from their Griff Choice Account at local businesses.
Newly Added Merchants
All Griff Choice Off-Campus Merchants
- EM Tea Coffee Cup & Cafe (80 Oakgrove Ave Buffalo, NY 14208)
- Golden Corner (1715 Jefferson Ave Buffalo, NY 14208), (716) 882-6339
- Grubhub+
- Main Culture Nutrition @maincultureBuffalo (1526 Main Street)
- Rite Aid (424 Elmwood,756 Delaware, 1070 Genesee, 1410 Delaware, 291 West Ferry, 2585 Main)
- Salud Market (1832 Main St, Buffalo NY 14208, 716-939-3542)
- Tops Market (1275 Jefferson Ave, 3500 Main Street, 345 Amherst Street, 2101 Elmwood Ave)
Submitted by: Kevin Smith, AVP and Director, Student Records and Financial Services Center
by Bethany Voorhees | Nov 21, 2022 | Faculty
During this month of Thanksgiving, take some time to read through the above newsletter from the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA), which features a recipe for Oven Roasted Breakfast Potatoes and a couple of articles: “Growing in Gratitude for Mind, Body and Soul”, “What an Attitude of Gratitude can do for your Health”, “Cold, Dark Mornings Making to Tough to Get Up? How to Get Over it”, and “Feeling Unsteady? Easy Moves to Regain Your Balance.”
Submitted by: Bethany Voorhees, executive associate, Office of the President
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Nov 21, 2022 | Faculty
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Justin Del Vecchio and Matthew Gracie, both faculty in the Department of Quantitative Sciences and the Cybersecurity graduate program. They discuss the possibilities for cybersecurity students and graduates, and some of the day-to-day aspects of work for cybersecurity professionals. They also offer advice on keeping current in cybersecurity issues, and great practices for the rest of us in keeping our digital data, work, and life secure from intrusion or loss.
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Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Nov 21, 2022 | Faculty
The last in our series of Lunch Updates and Faculty Meetups for this semester are coming up soon! Mark your calendars so you don’t miss out on these wonderful topics!
Lunch Update: Easy Course Video
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 12:00 p.m., in the Old Main Faculty/Staff Lounge
Lunch will be provided, but participants can bring their own as well.
With Panopto, D2L now has a simple but effective toolset for recording and sharing video with (and between) students. No more hassle with Google Drive or YouTube! In this Lunch Update, COLI staff will quickly demonstrate Panopto (it doesn’t take long!) and answer any questions about it and video for academics, generally.
RSVP for the Lunch Updates!
Meetups
Come and join your colleagues in a discussion about these interesting topics. However, make sure to bring your own lunch as only light snacks will be provided.
Student Support & Engagement
Thursday, December 1, 1:00 p.m., Old Main Faculty/Staff Lounge
Student Support & Engagement Meetups will be headed up by Dr. Daniel Haeusser, Dr. Mark Harrington, and Jason Francey. At these meetups, the attending faculty may hear from the Faculty-Student Liason Committee and can learn about new approaches, supports, advisement, and more from Student Affairs and the Griff Center.
Data Meetup
Monday, December 5, 11:00 a.m., Old Main Faculty/Staff Lounge
This series will be headed up by Dr. David Sheets, Dr. James Goldstein, and Dr. Jonathan Rodgers. These meetups will discuss different ways to collaborate with programming, pair-programming techniques, SPSS alternatives and more.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
by Tyler Kron-Piatek | Nov 21, 2022 | Faculty
With final exams around the corner, it may be useful to review these features of D2L Quizzes and Dropboxes.
D2L Quizzes provides a robust tool to grade quizzes easier and quicker. Some features can help prevent cheating to a degree, like basic question randomization and advanced question randomization. If you want to use questions from a previous exam or quiz, the Question Library lets you copy questions to the mid-term. Connect your exam directly to the grade book for faster grading. Click here for a tutorial. You can also have your students sign an Academic Integrity Pledge before continuing to the exam. Customize the Quiz Result display, in combination with a faux exam, to show students what questions they got and see where they need to brush up on their studying.
Please note that if you allow automatic grading of your exam, D2L will not automatically grade written responses. Those need to be graded manually. Inform your students that the grade they have immediately after completing the exam is not reflective of their overall grade. If you want to see all of the tutorials on the D2L Quiz tool that COLI has compiled, click here.
D2L Dropboxes are a great way to receive student work in various formats but more notably PDFs, Microsoft Office files, JPGs, or PNGs. You can also restrict the types of files the dropbox will accept. Attach the dropbox to the grade book or use a D2L Rubric and attach it to the dropbox for faster grading.
For more information on D2L Dropboxes, click here. For tutorials on D2L Rubrics, click here. Or sign up for one of our many workshops here.
COLI has compiled other resources on the various tool sets in D2L. Click here to access those.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
